Pete and his wife Pat
adopted six children born in the 1960’s. Two were the product of
black and white unions, two were Native American, one was an Anglo
child and another of mixed Hispanic and Germanic American heritage.
Over the years, the bonds of this close-knit, multicultural family
were forged by shared success in personal, athletic and academic
achievement, and tested by racial prejudice, schizophrenia, drug
addiction, congenital health issues, sexual orientation and unwed
pregnancy. In his moving memoir, Pete Likins shares his story of the
“new American family,” a story founded in love and respect.